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When something is adjacent to something else, it lies close to or neighbors it.

An adjunct is something or someone that is added to or joined to something that is larger or more important.

If you have an affiliation with a group or another person, you are officially involved or connected with them.

If something is an anomaly, it is different from what is usual or expected and is hence highly noticeable.

Something is concomitant when it happens at the same time as something else and is connected with it in some fashion.

If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, you combine them in order to produce a single unit.

A confluence is a situation where two or more things meet or flow together at a single point; a confluence usually refers to two streams joining together.

Consanguinity is the state of being related to someone else by blood or having a similar close relationship to her.

Contiguous things are in contact with or near each other; contiguous events happen one right after the other without a break.

A situation that is discordant does not fit with other things and is therefore disagreeable, strange, or unpleasant.

Things that are disparate are clearly different from each other and belong to very different groups or classes.

A dissident is someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed.

Dissonance is an unpleasant situation of opposition in which ideas or actions are not in agreement or harmony; dissonance also refers to a harsh combination of sounds.

Something that is divisive is likely to cause arguments between people.

A small group or issue which is factious is controversial and promotes strong disagreement or dissatisfaction within a larger group.

A heretic is someone who does or believes things that oppose commonly or generally accepted beliefs.

Heterodox beliefs, ideas, or practices are different from accepted or official ones.

Homogeneous is used to describe a group which has members or parts that are very similar or are all of the same type.

If you say that one thing is incommensurate with another, you mean that the first thing is very different in level, size, or quality from the second.

Something that is incongruous is strange when considered along with its group because it seems very different from the other things in its group.

Two irreconcilable opinions or points of view are so opposed to each other that it is not possible to accept both of them or reach a settlement.

The juxtaposition of two objects is the act of positioning them side by side so that the differences between them are more readily visible.

Liaison is the cooperation and exchange of information between people or organizations so that they can work well together.

The proximity of something to something else is its closeness or nearness to it, in either space or time.

If two people have a good rapport, they have a good understanding of and can communicate well with each other.

Rapprochement is the development of greater understanding and friendliness between two countries or groups of people after a period of unfriendly relations.

A schism causes a group or organization to divide into two groups as a result of differences in its aims and beliefs.

A semblance is an outward appearance of what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for.

A simulacrum is an image or representation of something that can be a true copy or may just have a vague similarity to it.

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Noun

propinquity

proh-PING-kwi-tee

Context

The propinquity of the two neighboring farmers explains why they have so much in common: living so closely to each other gives them ample opportunity to influence each other. The propinquity or closeness of their respective small farms sparked a new idea in both of them. They decided to capitalize on this propinquity or nearness of location by merging the harvest of their separate farms to meet the needs of higher paying organic produce buyers.

Memory Hook

Promise Pinkie in Proximity (Pinkie Swear) Two friends make a promise by putting their pinkies in propinquity, or proximity, to each other.

Examples

Fans of her acerbic humor may be hoping that the comedian has something special in store for an audience that lives in such propinquity to the powers she has repeatedly targeted.
—The Washington Post

Some of the old-timers apparently still speak the Aztec language of Nahuatl, which can be blamed for the tongue-twisting propinquity of Ts, Ls and Zs in the names of local towns.
—Los Angeles Times

Theories of interpersonal attraction identify factors that affect the likelihood of improved interracial relations, such as propinquity, similarity, personal status, and reciprocity.
—BNET

The reason some of the season’s greatest performances and most dramatic moments unfold in these miniseries should be clear to anyone who understands that love and hate and in-your-face are especially heightened by propinquity.
—Sports Illustrated